“Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus…”

- Tacitus, Roman Historian

“That [Jesus] was crucified is as sure as anything historical can ever be.”

- John Dominic Crossan, New Testament Scholar

“It may be taken as historically certain that Peter and the disciples had experiences after Jesus’ death in which Jesus appeared to them as the risen Christ… The only thing we can certainly say to be historical is that there were resurrection appearances in Galilee (and in Jerusalem) soon after Jesus’ death. The appearances cannot be denied.”

- Gerd Ludemann, New Testament scholar

“Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.”

- Sherlock Holmes